Vanity Fair, Vol. 6, No. 147

Wood engraving cover featuring a caricatured figure of Cassius Micawber Clay, identified in the caption as "Waiting for 'Something to turn up.'" The subject stands in profile, holding a sword and a bag labeled "Caesar Cass Gossip," rendered in the linear hatching technique typical of Civil War-era periodical illustration. Published by J. T. Lloyd from Broadway, this issue exemplifies Vanity Fair's satirical commentary on Union politics and personalities during the secession crisis. The weekly, which ran from 1859 to 1863, employed caricature and comic verse to target public figures and political developments, establishing a format that would influence American humorous journalism for decades.